The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-26
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Months-The Washerwomen of AL
bany Earning $4,000 Per Year.
GEORGIA.
j. W. Wheatley q Co.'S ginuery and grist
mills at Americas are for sale.
A hunting party killed over 200 doves
near Haddock'S station one day last week
Col Munnerlyn talks of building hotel
at his mineral spring, near Munnerlyn, at
no distant day.
The Mcthodists of the Augusta Confer
ence have decided to build Il parsonage at
Augusta for tho Presiding Elder at a cost of
$1,000
A man aged Is years i'll Eudora settle
ment, Jasper county, has just bought his
Hrst store bought suit, and was out at
church last Sunday looking like brand
new man.
Saturday William ForSythe (colored) fell
off the excursion train en- route to Savan-
nah at Glenmore, ten miles west Of Way
cross, and was killed He is supposed to
nave been drinking.
The Algelnon Mills at Augusta are erect
ing a large brick warehouse 3JNll4 for the
storage of cotton and goods. The ware
house will he supplied with sprinlllers and
they have also been ordered for the factory
Mai Wilkins viii have his three brick
stores at Waynesboro completed in a short
time, and will then completely upset and re-
pair the Masonic Hall building. The col
ored Baptist college in the upper part of the
city will be soon completed.
AT Macon Saturday the Collins Manufac-
turing Conpanv's large establishment
changed hands. The sale has been negotia-
ting for some time. The property is one of
the finest in the city. Mr.. James McGregor
and Mr.. Turner were the purchasers
The survivors of the old Burke Guards
are making preparations for attending the
reunion of their regiment at EatOnton on
Aug. > and T. A year ago eighteen names
answered the roll-call Now there are four
voices silent, four brave hearts having
ceased to throb.
At Columbus Saturday DR.. Billiard had a
little patient sent to him for treatment for
what was thought to be catairh, but after
examination the cause was located and re-
moved, which proved to he Il trouser button
which the little sufferer had been carrying
III his nose for six months or more
The Piedmont Exposition is extending
special invitations to the veterans of the
Army of the Cumberland to visit Atlanta
during the progress of the Exposition, and
go over the old battlefields. The manage
ment claims to expect 10000 visitors per
day on two days of the Exposition.
The representative Of Kings Great West
ern Powder Company of Cincinnati has pur-
chased lot of r. G. Nicely at Waynesboro
aud is building an iron powder magazine
with storage capacity of about 5000
pounds. They propose selling their powder
to merchants throughout that section.
The agents of the Standard Oil Company
at WayneSboro are in correspondence with
the company for the erection near the depot
at that place of large oil tank. The oil
will be shipped there in oil tank cars and
from them will be pumped into the large
tank, and the barrels will be filed from the
tank.
The.office of the Clerk of Superior Court
of White county was forcibly entered dur
ing Saturday night and valuable papers re-
lating to the civil and criminal business of
the next session of the court were taken
away, as well as Book CT of deeds, the lat
ter embracing the recorded deeds from 1873
to 1873
Owing to some defects in the titles to the
lots first selected for the new college at
Jackson, I. J. Dempsey has donated two
acres III beautiful grove near his residence
which was accepted by the committee on
location. The site selected is covered by
fine growth of forest oaks, is retired from
the public thoroughfarcs and admirably
suited for school purposes.
Comptroller General Wright has received
from IA FRIEND in Washington piece of cop
per that was part of the famous Merrimac
the first war ship of the Confederacy. 1t
is suggested that the Comptroller have the
copper fashioned into an anchor and at
tached to his watch chain. The donor is
Seaborn Barnwell, of Wilkes csunty, who
received the copper from Minor Hobbs.
There was very heavy rain in Waynes-
boro on Wednesday afternoon. In the
neighborhood of WayneSboro it fell in spots
and places. While one field was overfiowed
the adjoining one received only a sprinkle
1t was noticed in tine city that while it was
falling in torrents on one lot it would hold
its own there for several minutes before
making encroachments on the adjoining
lot.
Miss Gena Watkins, the young lady who
was murdered in the horrible tragedy at
Gainesville, Tex, last week, was the only
daughter of Capt j. c. Watkins, who went
from Atlanta to Texas some three years ago.
Capt. Watkins was for many years a mer-
chant in Atlanta, doing business on Decatur,
Broad and West Mitchell streets The
family has a great many relatives in and
around Atlanta.
Joseph r. Jobson, of Augusta, holds a
patent for a Car-Starter for street cars, in
vented by him. He has model of his in
ventlon, and the appliance will be manufac-
tured by George r. Lombard. The starter
has the advantages of stopping the car
promptly and assisting the horse to start
Immediately and without effort The patent
will be tried on the line of the Augusta and
Summerville road.
Z. e. Kramer, of Carrollton, has an egg
which is something of "a curiosity. 1t was
found in L. c. Mandeviles barn, and from
its size is doubtless the production of last
falls pullet. The popularity of the egg con
sists in its illustrations Plainly inscribed
on the shell is the outline of heart, an
acorn and the figure -. Clifton thinks the
phenomena means that the world will come
10 al end in 1917. We shall wait and see
Dr.. Westmoreland and Messrs. Lowe and
Shubrick made a thorough investigation of
Bondurant a Joplings's convict camp, on
the Augusta and Chattanooga railroad
Saturday, and found the sensational reports
Gent out in regard to scurvy being in the
camp TO be without foundation They state
that the camp is in good order Only six
out of 100 conVictS are sick. Only one OF
these is in bed. They made no reconmenda-
tons whatever.
There was a reunion of the Ezell family
on last Tuesday, III Jasper county, at the
home of Braxton Ezell. Mr. Ezell is 90
years old and his wife So. f. b. Ezell and
family attended the reunion There were
siXty-six members of the family present,
representing four generations of children,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren A
remarkable feature in the history of this
family is that only four of this large family
have died, and not one who had passed the